Constituency view

Sheffield South East

Yorkshire and The Humber, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Clive Betts

Labour

Male

Majority12,458

Turnout48.2%

Electorate74,156

Valid votes35,771

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour18,710 - 52.3%

Conservative6,252 - 17.5%

Other4,230 - 11.8%

Lib Dem3,421 - 9.6%

Green3,158 - 8.8%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£320,962,333

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£2,996 total benefits bill per resident · 33% above average

Sheffield South East: £2,996
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 95 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£320,962,333	115/575
Change over 2 years	+23.9%
Median local wage (2025)	£37,412	+16.5%

Universal Credit£178,298,598
£1,664 per resident · 14,753 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 6,245 · 1 in 11 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£78,073,934
£729 per resident · 10,584 claimants (+18.5% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 4,198 · 40% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 5,182
Disability Living Allowance£21,950,477
£205 per resident · 3,655 claimants
Housing Benefit£16,595,797
£155 per resident · 2,554 claimants
Carer's Allowance£14,619,489
£136 per resident · 3,373 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£11,424,037
£107 per resident · 1,774 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 81.1%White British 77.9%Asian 11.2%Black, African or Caribbean 2.9%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.8%Other 2.0%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 86.1%White British 84.3%Asian 8.7%Black, African or Caribbean 2.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.7%Other 1.2%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 91.5%White British 90.4%Asian 6.0%Black, African or Caribbean 1.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.1%Other 0.3%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 95.6%White British N/AAsian 3.3%Black, African or Caribbean 0.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.4%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Sheffield South East (2021)

UK 88.5%Other EU 3.5%Other countries 8.0%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Sheffield South East (2011)

UK 91.8%Other EU 1.6%Other countries 6.6%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Sheffield South East (2001)

UK 94.9%Other EU 0.5%Other countries 4.7%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Sheffield South East (1991)

UK 96.7%Other EU 0.8%Other countries 2.5%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

Inset map

Sheffield South East

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Sheffield South East	National	Difference	Rank
% White	81.1%	83.0%	-1.9pp	468/650
% White British	77.9%	74.4%	+3.4pp	387/632
% Asian	11.2%	8.6%	+2.6pp	141/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	2.9%	3.7%	-0.8pp	191/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	2.8%	2.7%	+0.1pp	236/650
% Other ethnic group	2.0%	2.0%	+0.0pp	188/650
% UK-born	88.5%	84.0%	+4.5pp	349/650
% Non-UK-born	11.5%	16.0%	-4.5pp	302/650
% Other EU-born	3.5%	6.0%	-2.5pp	418/650
% Other countries-born	8.0%	10.1%	-2.0pp	248/650
% Christian	41.8%	46.7%	-4.9pp	463/575
% Muslim	12.1%	6.3%	+5.8pp	87/575
% Hindu	0.3%	1.6%	-1.4pp	416/575
% Sikh	0.1%	0.9%	-0.8pp	366/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	401/575
% Buddhist	0.2%	0.4%	-0.2pp	512/575
% Other religion	0.3%	0.6%	-0.2pp	527/575
% No religion	39.9%	37.0%	+2.9pp	248/575
% Religion not stated	5.3%	6.0%	-0.7pp	478/575
% Has any religion	54.8%	57.0%	-2.2pp	301/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Sheffield South East

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.